Cast & Crew
33 actors and 9 crew members
Cast
David McCulloughNarrator (voice)9 episodes
Sam WaterstonAbraham Lincoln (voice)9 episodes
Julie HarrisMary Chestnut (voice)9 episodes
Jason RobardsUlysses S. Grant (voice)9 episodes
Morgan FreemanFrederick Douglass / John Boston (voice)9 episodes
Paul RoeblingJoshua Chamberlain (voice)9 episodes
Garrison KeillorWalt Whitman (voice)9 episodes- George BlackRobert E. Lee (voice)9 episodes
Arthur MillerWilliam Tecumseh Sherman (voice)9 episodes
Christopher MurneyElisha Hunt Rhodes (voice)9 episodes- Charles McDowellSamuel R. Watkins (voice)9 episodes
Horton FooteJefferson Davis (voice)9 episodes
George PlimptonGeorge Templeton Strong (voice)9 episodes
Philip BoscoHorace Greeley (voice)9 episodes- Terry CourierGeorge B. McClellan (voice)9 episodes
- Jody PowellStonewall Jackson / Various (voice)9 episodes
Studs TerkelBenjamin Butler / Various9 episodes
Hoyt AxtonVarious (voice)9 episodes
John HartfordVarious (voice)9 episodes
Colleen DewhurstVarious (voice)9 episodes- Shelby FooteVarious (voice)9 episodes
- Ronnie GilbertVarious (voice)9 episodes
Jeremy IronsVarious (voice)9 episodes
Gene JonesVarious (voice)9 episodes
Derek JacobiWilliam Russell / Various (voice)9 episodes
Kurt VonnegutVarious (voice)9 episodes
Laurence FishburneSgt. Louis Douglas / Samuel Jess / Various (voice)9 episodes
Pamela ReedVarious (voice)9 episodes
M. Emmet WalshVarious (voice)9 episodes- Barbara FieldsVarious (voice)9 episodes
Abraham LincolnSelf (archive footage)2 episodes- Robert E. LeeSelf (archive footage)2 episodes
Frederick DouglassSelf (archive footage)2 episodes
Crew
Directing
Writing
- Writer
- Ken Burns9 eps.Geoffrey C. Ward9 eps.
Production
- Producer
- Julie A. Dunfey9 eps.Stephen Ives9 eps.Ric Burns9 eps.Mike Hill9 eps.Catherine Yang Eisele9 eps.
- Executive Producer
- Ken Burns9 eps.
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Ken Burns9 eps.
Editing
- Editor
- Paul Barnes9 eps.
Sound
- Original Music Composer
- Jay Ungar9 eps.
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